love_cab_chard 
Master of Wine
Posts: 12717
 | | 07-20-2005 04:01 PM |
| Veritas True Flats Espresso & Dark Chocolate 54% Cocoa:
that’s more like it & very nice/tasty. The combination of dark chocolate with small espresso bean portions is great! | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12542
| | 07-25-2005 02:09 AM |
| Tonight was NewTree "Pleasure" Indulgence. 73% Cocoa. 9 gram bars. Nice. PURPLE says "Yummy".  | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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BellaDonna
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1890
| | 07-25-2005 02:24 AM |
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Tonight was NewTree "Pleasure" Indulgence. 73% Cocoa. 9 gram bars. Nice. PURPLE says "Yummy".
How does it compare to Scharffenberger? | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12542
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| 07-25-2005 02:31 AM |
| Quote:
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Tonight was NewTree "Pleasure" Indulgence. 73% Cocoa. 9 gram bars. Nice. PURPLE says "Yummy".
How does it compare to Scharffenberger?
I'll let you know tomorrow night. That's on deck for tomorrow. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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BellaDonna
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1890
| | 07-25-2005 02:33 AM |
| Your post says "Tonight." Did you have the Pleasure bar tonight? | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12542
| | 07-25-2005 02:41 AM |
| Pleasure bar tonight, Sharf tomorrow night. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1273
| | 07-25-2005 03:24 AM |
| There's a dark chocolate espresso truffle bar they sell at Trader Joes that is so yummy it makes me drool! | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12542
| | 07-26-2005 02:02 AM |
| Scharffen Berger Extra Dark Chocolate 82% Cacao. Intense.  | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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BellaDonna
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1890
| | 07-26-2005 02:15 AM |
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Scharffen Berger Extra Dark Chocolate 82% Cacao.
Intense.
I hope you got the full size bar.
So what was better: the Scharffenberger or the Pleasure Bar? (I love saying "Pleasure Bar") | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12542
| | 07-26-2005 02:19 AM |
| I preferred the Pleasure Bar. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12717
| | 07-26-2005 11:39 PM |
| Valrhona Le Noir Amer Chocolat Dark Bittersweet Chocolate 71% cocoa: It's Ok. Not bad, but not @ all exceptional. | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3361
| | 07-27-2005 10:49 AM |
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I preferred the Pleasure Bar.
Does it melt in your mouth or in your hands? | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12542
| | 07-27-2005 01:01 PM |
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Quote:
I preferred the Pleasure Bar.
Does it melt in your mouth or in your hands?
Yep.
Last night: Cote d'Or Sensations Brut 86% Cacao Noir de Noir.
The higher % of cocao I get the less I like these. The presence in the mouth is a bit drying. At the risk of making a pun I'm thinking something in the 70% range is the sweet spot. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| | 08-11-2005 08:47 PM |
| valor 70%. and at $1.99 per 3.5 oz, helluva bargain. | | | |
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ormbee
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2397
| | 08-16-2005 10:01 PM |
| Anyone else worried now that Hershey's has bought both Sharffen Berger and Joseph Schmidt | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12717
| | 08-17-2005 12:39 AM |
| No, not really. There are too many other producers that will still put out great quality.
When a mass production firm buys out a small producer I ditch it (see Etude, La Jota, etc...). I apply the same approach here.
My wife worked for 6 years for Craft/Nabisco. As that garbage producing giant bought out small producers, bakeries the product was never the same. Cheap alternatives were introduced (i.e. HFCS, preservatives, sodiums, etc...) & quality was compromised. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13786
| | 08-17-2005 03:14 AM |
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Anyone else worried now that Hershey's has bought both Sharffen Berger and Joseph Schmidt
I am. It'll probably go downhill quick. Need to look for some other options soon. | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| | 08-17-2005 05:32 AM |
| NOT worried at all. do you guys really think they will mess with the quality? call me naive, but i do not believe anything will change except their profits.... | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12717
| | 08-17-2005 11:36 AM |
| TBird: you are naive.  I pretty much gurantee it. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13786
| | 08-17-2005 01:45 PM |
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NOT worried at all. do you guys really think they will mess with the quality? call me naive, but i do not believe anything will change except their profits....
Maybe not right away, but eventually. I think we all have about 12-24 months of quality product from them. After that, who knows?  | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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